Box city

I have made Bob a box city, it is his version of heaven, it takes up half the lounge, but if Bob is happy, that is what matters!

They are enjoying all of their new toys, it is nice to see them so interested in toys again as they had kind of lost interest in toys over the last few months.

More photos to compare Bob and Betty's size, sorry if I seem obsessed!

YouTube

Bob and Betty have their own YouTube channel, check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/user/XBobandBettyX

The biggest box Bob has ever seen!

Well my order arrived today, most of it I am sending back as I really can't afford it and I should never have ordered. But lucky Bob and Betty are keeping some of it. But to be honest I don't think Bob will care, he has got the best gift of all, a box so big you could fit 10 Bobs in it. He is in heaven, box heaven. The sides are so hi on it that he has to stand on his back legs to reach over the top, he has spent hours getting in and out, he couldn't have wished for any thing more. Betty on the other hand can't understand what all the fuss is about, as far as she is concerned it is a box and that's that.

Betty is loving one of the toys we are keeping, it is like a little pond, you put water in it and it has bits that float in it that she can tap and try and fish out. They are happy as they have lots of different treats to eat and try, they don't get many treats as Bob is only meant to have his prescription food, so every now and then I let them have something a bit special to eat. At  the end of the day, nobody would like to eat the same food every day for their entire lives.

Her are some pictures of Bob and his new box and both of them playing with some of the new things.

Betty wanting to know what
 is in the new box

Bob looking lost in his new box

Christmas come early!

Lucky lucky cats

Bob and Betty are very lucky, tomorrow a large parcel is going to be arriving and it is all for them. I have terrible problems with compulsive spending when I am stressed, the other day I was very stressed, the website I went on to deal with my stress was a online pet store, so half hour later, I had a full basket of cat goodies. I do not have the money to spend, I haven't even paid my rent yet (it was due on the tenth, whoops!), but Bob and Betty are going to have the day of their lives, £135 of cat toys! It is up to me to worry about the finances later.

Betty was enjoying a game with a spider yesterday, once again she was devastated when it died, her play thing was no longer moving, so Betty did the decent thing and ate it!

It is really cold here now, winter has hit, so the heating is on nice and high, which Betty in particular loves, she sits on top of the heater warming her bottom, I just get worried she might burn her tail!

More photos of Bobs size

Taking up nearly all of my double bed

No room for you Mummy!

All fun and games!

Clever Bob has a new game, a game he obviously enjoys deeply, but it isn't any fun for me, he has started pulling the plastic that covers my bed up, doing a poo on my duvet and then pulling the plastic back over it. What a great game(when you are Bob). It is driving me nuts, why does he insist on punishing me? I love that cat more than anyone could ever imagine and then a bit more on top, so why does he keep doing this? I am exhausted of washing pood on bedding, my bedding!

Betty of course is continuing to be the perfect little angel that she always is, Bob needs to take a leaf out of her book.

I found these cute little charms that can go on their collars, when I have got a bit of dosh I will get them one each. On one side it has the word angel and a picture of a halo and on the other side it has the word devil with a picture of a devil fork. I think they would look really cute, but the only problem is Betty is never an devil and Bob is never an angel!

Bob is so massive that his collar is on the second to last hole, Betties is on the second hole, it just emphasises the size difference between them.

Poo

Bob was obviously so desperate to do a poo on my bed as this evening he has gone to great lengths to carry out his wish, he pulled back the plastic that covers and protects my bed, did a poo underneath on my duvet and the very clever Bob pulled the plastic back over the top to hide his crime. Unfortunately for Bob it wasn't hidden for long as the stench of his poo wafted up the hall way into the lounge where I was enjoying a film. I went into the bedroom expecting to find a poo on the bed, but to my surprise I could not see one, but following my nose I lifted up the plastic and there it was, sat nicely on my duvet, Bobs present to me. Oh joy, another poo to clean up, another load of washing to do, that is love for you.

They have got really used to their new collars, Betty definitely can't get this one off, they look really cute in them, Bobs makes his cheeks look fatter for some reason, but they do look cute.

Betty has been really cuddly today, I love it when they have days like that, she wasn't to happy earlier as she had just got to sleep on my legs and then my door bell rang, so she had to move, life is so hard when you are a cat!

Betty found another spider to play with earlier, the problem is she loves playing with them, but she always accidentally kills them, she then can't understand why they no longer want to play with her, she taps them to try and get them to move, but it is to late, it is dead, so of course the only thing left to do is eat it, why not, I guess it is a tasty nutritious snack! 

To good to be true

I thought Bob had been doing all of his toileting in the right place, his litter tray. But it turns out the little monkey has actually been doing it in one of their cat beds. I thought I could smell something and couldn't work out where it was coming from, then I discovered it, several wees and a nice big poo in the cat bed. I new it was to good to be true!

Betty loves taking her collar off, she can do it in a matter of seconds, but what makes it even more funny is that once she has taken it off she brings it to me and waits for me to put it back on  her. It is obviously a really fun game. They need to get used to wearing them though. I have ordered them a new one each that has a different type of clasp on it, so once these ones arrive it will be interesting to see how long it takes her to work out how to get it off.

You are going to have to get used to it!

Bob and Betty are not to happy with me as today I have put collars on them, they have never really worn collars before, I have never really been a big fan of them, but if they are going to be going away to the cats home to live for a while I want them to have ID on them and also I want them to be easily distinguishable from each other, I no Bob is huge and so I can tell him apart from Betty easily, but that is really the only difference between them, so I have given Betty a pink collar and Bob a blue one, so they will be no getting them mixed up. They are not keen on them and seem pretty annoyed with their new look, but it is for their own good, so they will just have to get used to it.

Bob has been doing well with the toilet the last few days, I am hoping he is getting the hang on it, maybe soon I will be able to sleep without the fear of him toileting on me in the night.

I love my little babies so much!

Molly the dog

Bob's best friend apart from Betty and me of course came around this evening. My Mums dog Molly is an unlikely companion for a cat, but Bob is besotted with her, he follows her around, he lies in front of her on his back wanting her to give him a tummy rub, I have never seen anything like it. He also will spend hours rolling around on her harness if it is left on the floor. Betty on the other hand does her usual, she treats Molly with suspicion and keeps her distance, she will sit a far giving evil looks of distrust, trying to work out what this 'thing' is doing in her house. It is remarkable to see the two completely different reactions.


Molly actually has quite a sad story behind her, she is a wonderful dog, but she came from a breeding farm, she was four years old when we got her, she had spent her whole life in a small pen having litter after litter of puppies, she had never been outside of her pen, she had never been on a lead, she had never touched grass, had a treat. The only human contact she had was when it involved chucking her food and sorting out her puppies, she didn't even no she had a name. But quite possibly the saddest bit was that she had never ever had a toy to play with, so even now she has no idea what a toy is, we have spent countless hours with her, trying to show her what a ball is or a frisbee is, but she just doesn't get it. I guess there is a window in their learning as a puppy when they learn to play and she obviously never had that opportunity. She is so loved now, she is spoilt rotten, but she is still very very timid, she will sit in her basket all day with out moving unless you encourage her to get out. Another thing is that she never barks, I have only ever heard her bark once and that was in her sleep, apart from that one occasion she just doesn't do it. We have had her in the family for a year and a half now and we couldn't imagine her not being there, we feel privileged that we were the lucky ones that got to rescue her from that horrible life and have given her her new wonderful life.

OMG

OMG Bob did a poo in the litter tray today, that has got to be the first time in months, I feel like drinking a bottle of champagne and throwing a party to celebrate! Will it last though, that is the question, but for now Bob is getting a lot of cuddles and treats to celebrate his good work.

Betty fell in the bath today, I have never seen her move so fast, I was led relaxing in the bath, she often will sit on the side of the bath and chat to me, she got up to go away and her back paw slipped and splash, in she went, right on top of me, she has left a nasty scratch on my chest in her panic to get out. She spent the next half hour running around like a loony and is now grooming herself, sat behind me on the sofa.

Why Bob?

Ok, so I am even more annoyed with Bob than yesterday, he did another wee on me in the night last night and because the duvet protector was still wet after being washed I had no protection, so woke up about 3am with a soaking wet thigh, with a massive wet patch next to me. Bob Bob Bob, please stop, I love you so much, but it is getting hard to bare.

Lets look at lots of cute pictures to cheer me up!

Love you both,xxx

Bob and Betty's Mum Socks feeding
 Betty's litter

You can't see me!

We can both fit!

Please Bob, give me a break!

The ever so thoughtful Bob decided to treat me to another wee on the bed in the night, obviously now I have my duvet protector, so I didn't get wet, but I noticed the wee as I rolled over and put my hand in a wet patch. Either he does it because he really loves me and thinks I like it, or he does it because he likes to piss me off, sometimes I struggle to work out which one it is! His behaviour isn't really progressing, he is still on the first stage of the behaviour plan, which means I still have to cover my bed in plastic during the day and I have a piece of duvet on it that he is allowed to toilet on. Obviously the aim is to get him using the litter tray again, but he doesn't want to move past the first stage, he is perfectly happy toileting on the piece of duvet in the day and on me in the night, I mean lets face it, which would you rather go on, a nice soft piece of duvet that smells of your Mummy or some horrible gravely litter in a plastic tray?

Every time I do start to get stressed with the situation I have to remind myself why he did stop using the litter tray, it is because he was so ill and started associating the litter tray with pain, so he started going somewhere that felt safe, which was my bed as it smells of me. So I guess it is kind of cute in a way!

Betty is just the perfect cat, she may get herself stuck in strange places, but apart from that she is pretty much perfect. I wish Bob would take a leaf out of her book sometimes, it would be nice to go one day without cleaning up poo and wee. But we all no what I am going to say, I could never stay mad at him!

Bob, you can't still be hungry!

Bob is driving me nuts, he is constantly moaning for food, he follows me around whining, making out like he is starving. The thing is I have to be really careful as to how much to feed him as he is a tiny bit overweight according to the vets, but he seems starving. I have started giving him a little extra, but he still wants more. If he is still growing like we think, then that would explain his ever increasing appetite, but how much should I let him have?

Poor Betty got stuck inside the duvet this morning, she got in the bottom inside the cover, got right to the far end and then couldn't find her way out, then to make things worse for poor Betty, Bod decided to start attacking her through the cover, poor Betty was panicking to get out, Bob was squashing her, so I had to step in and rescue her. She always seems to get herself into these strange situations.

Bob and Betty are going on holiday

It looks like Bob and Betty are going to be going on holiday, I am going away, so they are going to the cats home that I volunteer at. I no they are going to be OK, they have got each other, I think it is me that is going to find it the most difficult. I am going to make sure they have lots of their own things from home with them, like their beds and toys, I may also take Bobs box as well!

The longest they have ever been away from me is when I have been in hospital and on each occasion this has happened I have made one of my parents or siblings stay here with them, so they are not alone, especially over night. I no they are going to be OK, well I have to keep telling myself that any way!

The cats home they are going to is lovely, I completely trust the lady who runs it, she is called Lorraine, She is an amazing lady, she cares so much for every cat in her care. I couldn't think of anyone I would trust more with my precious Bob and Betty.

So Bob and Betty are going to have a jolly for a few months!

Betty can't meow

Betty has never learnt to meow properly, she has always made this horrible whining noise when she wants to meow, I had always thought she would grow out of it and would learn to meow, but I am guessing now she is two that there is not much chance of her voice changing now. It is cute that she has her own very special noise, but to be honest, sometimes I want to shout "meow properly", she looks at me, opens her mouth and this silly sound comes out. 

We have had a lot of visitors over the last few days, especially the crisis team, Bob has been hilarious, he rolls around on the floor in front of them, charming them with his beautiful big eyes, where as Betty keeps a safe distance, giving them evil looks. She is a lot harder to charm and tends to treat every one as if they need to be kept an eye on, just in case they are planning something!

Sorry for lack of Bob and Betty updates

Sorry for lack of Bob and Betty updates, I haven't been feeling that great.

My psychologist come to see me yesterday, she hasn't seen Bob for a long time, she walked in and the first thing she said was "wow, look at the size of him", I guess that just proves how massive he is.

Bob seems to have decided he has some sort of sexual attractions to poor Betty, they are both neutered, have been since 16 weeks old, but all of a sudden he is obsessed with biting Betty's bottom, just above the base of her tail. He follows her around constantly doing it and often will pull out a chunk of fur. I feel so sorry for her as she is definitely not interested in his sexual advances. I have no idea where this behaviour has sprung from, he has never been like this before. I just hope he gets over his urges soon, before Betty swipes him good and proper and knocks him in line.

Bob seems to have got over his box obsession, so it mainly sits empty now, so I am not constantly having to live around boxes.

All wrapped up!

Betty has been as good as gold like always, she is like the perfect cat, where as Bob, well lets put it this way, he tests me!